summer_festival
A general term for various festivals celebrated in summer in Japan.
Festival-themed images are usually set at night, and may include such things as:
* characters wearing yukata (or rarely jinbei) and sometimes masks
* characters holding bagged fish, kinchaku, uchiwa, or water yoyos
* aerial fireworks
* food stands and a wide variety of food, including:
** candy apples
** chocolate bananas
** cotton candy
** dango
** ikayaki
** sausages
** shaved ice
** takoyaki
** yakisoba
** grilled corn
* paper lanterns
* goldfish scooping with poi
* yo-yo fishing
* katanuki
* shooting gallery
* ring toss
h4. See also
* Halloween
* Christmas
* New Year
* Wikipedia (JP): 夏祭り
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